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You will. I like your spacing on the grill. They put the ones over the burner closer together. That would be better for heating a tin cup or can. That's what I like about it. It can warm a small cup or boil a bucket. I'm sure you will want to keep it shiny for a while but you can't hurt it so...

Mine has a lot of miles and meals on it and it works like new.

That's good to know about the crappy sat phones. I was at the IBEX marine manufactures convention last week in Tampa and went briefly thru the Garman booth. Ray marine, lorannce yada yada was there. They have sat images on chart plotters, auto pilot that navigates around islands ect. They can...

I'm glad they have it sorted out. Most of my research was done when I bought my old mcmurdo 8 years ago. Spot operators dropped the ball back then because all they did was call 911 for you. 911 was dealing with a 3rd party with very limited info. The PLB signal goes to Cape Canaveral or Huston...

So what you are saying is that I may get a return confirmation or may not depending on the sat that takes my call? If I don't get it then I'm probably still OK?

The other thing a cheap PLB does that the others don't is that it sends the signal to the Federal goverment and they don't play. The Feds dispatch the call and the local responders must reply and are also required to follow up. The others rely on an operator that basically calls 911 in the area...

I think they all have two way communication to let you know the signal was recieved. On the cheap McMurdo fast find like I bought it flashes twice a second when you activate it then it slows to once per second once it connects. After the signal is recieved with location data and the emergency is...

I did not want or recommend the text versions. I like a brick that does not need to be charged or batteries replaced for 6 years. I do not want the complication of a monthly or annual bill that could cut service if not paid. I like the one time $208 purchase that I won't worry about for 6 years...

Just like having a winch on your vehicle a PLB gives you the guts to travel further and deeper. My old McMurdo Fast Find battery is 8 years old and still working but instead of paying $130 to get it replaced I noticed the new ones got cheaper at $208. I think this is the best one because the old...

Yes. I forgot the best part. I needed the rope on the truck because I could not back my boat up onto the shore. I asked the guy that swam from the ski boat to tie it on the truck so we could pull it the last few feet. After he did I asked for the other end. He said he tied it to my bow eye...

We had a great day and just cruised past the non boaters area for fun. The sad thing was the owner was on the ground in obviouse pain and nobody was around him. As soon as I asked to make sure nobody was in the truck I asked about him. They said he had plates and screews in his leg and fell but...

A guy had a bum leg, fell down and his truck rolled into the lake. All we saw was the splash while in the boat. The truck had momentum and floated way out 125' from shore but it was floating great! I told the wife to hang on because I thought I may need to rescue occupants. It was empty so while...

I have them on a 4x4 E350 van. They worked great but my springs were a little sagged out. The bumps were working overtime. My solution was to cut 2" off of them on the bandsaw and they are still working great.

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He must have been really fond of those hub caps.

What is better than turning your favorite broken in jeans into cut off shorts? The wife just caught me stitching up a pocket that blew out yesterday on my favorite cut offs and it got me to think. Who still wears them and if not why? Are they out of style and looked down apon? My go too shorts...

Two Mountain bikers got attacked by a starving cougar. I was stalked in a very remote part of NW Zion Nat Park for four miles by somthing big. Never saw it but always wondered. Be carful out there...

I fixed it! Tow was about 1/8" measuring from the tread so I increased it to almost 1/4". Its not new so more tow works well if you have some wear. For good measure I greased it, shook down the whole front end looking for loose components and was able to get between an 1/8 and half turn on...

Mine came with a castor shim but it only gave 3 degrees of castor so I added another shim. The more castor the less wander but more castor can induces death wobble. Mine felt a little shaky on a few really beat up sections of interstate after I added castor so I added a Moog stabilizer and...

2002 E350 Salem Koger conversion on leaf springs wanders. 118K miles. It always has wandered and is only a problem if I'm tired or if the wife drives. Everthing seems tight and Van is never "off roaded". I increased caster to 5 plus degrees and installed a steering stabilizer. That helped. I'm...